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Type 24 variant pillbox with brick-shuttering.
(Source: Field Visit 1998/12/01)
Shell-proof type 24 pillbox.
(Source: Book 1999)
Type of site | PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/24) |
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Location | Just NE of bridge over Wellow Brook at Stony Littleton, to the S of the pillbox at the same grid ref. |
Area |
Shoscombe, Bath and North East Somerset, England |
Grid reference |
ST 7284 5654
(Scale: 1:50000
, 1981)
|
Period | WW2 |
Condition | Good |
Materials | Clay Brick, Reinforced Concrete |
Recorder | Thomson, L.E.J. |
Defence grouping |
GHQ Line: Green - Stop Line - Burnham on Sea to near Melksham (where it joins with the GHQ Line: Blue) and then north to the River Severn at Newnham. This line is also known as the Bristol Outer Line.
Manned by VIII Corps. |
Photographs | (1) - exterior view |
Adjacent sites | 6 x A/T cubes at ST 730567 (SLG00152) and 3 x A/T pimples at ST 729566 (SLG00154). |
DOB site reference: | S0005755 |
Reference |
1999 Ironside's Line 1999 Warwalks: Stop Line Green |
Event |
Construction, In the period 1940/06 1940/08 Field Visit, On 1998/12/01 |